"God Emperor Yi Chen has passed away!"
After a brief silence, father and son Huo Yuhao and Huo Zhanji suddenly lunged forward, grabbing "Yi Chen's" gradually cooling corpse and letting out utterly miserable, grief-stricken wails:
"Yi Chen!!! My good son-in-law! How could you just leave like this!!! Your father-in-law still has so much to teach you..."
"Brother Yi Chen! I know you had always been looking forward to Mei Gongzi and my wedding, but you were so happy that... you actually died from excessive joy... Boohoo, how am I supposed to live with that, how am I supposed to live with that..."
Huo Yuhao cried as though his heart had been torn apart, tears and snot streaming down his face—a sight heartbreaking to hear and tearful to behold. Huo Zhanji cried even more wrenchingly, as though his own blood brother had died in this wedding hall!
The gods in the hall looked at one another. After a brief silence, they hurriedly squeezed out tears as well and began wailing one after another. In an instant, the entire wedding feast turned into a massive funeral rite.
After an exceptionally "grand" memorial service and burial ceremony.
With bloodshot eyes, Huo Yuhao stood atop the podium of the Great God Circle's highest council and announced in a grief-stricken yet exceedingly "helpless" tone:
"A nation cannot go a day without a ruler. Although God Emperor Yi Chen met his end in a moment of excessive joy on the day of my son's wedding, the legacy left behind by Sea God cannot be left without an heir. For the stability of the Great God Circle, and to comfort the spirits of Sea God and Yi Chen in heaven..."
"I hereby announce that the newly ascended God King of Filial Piety, Sea God's own maternal grandson—Huo